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House Roll Call 480, 101st Congress · May 22, 1990

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 — TO RECOMMIT HR 2273, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES TO AMEND THE BILL TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER COULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AN INDIVIDUAL'S HISTORY OF DRUG ADDICTION OR ALCOHOLISM BEFORE ASSIGNING OR CONTINUING TO ASSIGN SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO A SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITION.

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

143 yea · 280 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 238 nay
Republican138 yea · 42 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2273 ↗

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Allowing employers to consider addiction history for safety positions narrows employment protections.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (145)

Nay (282)

Not voting or present (5)

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